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"It's very important that the hundred rowers coordinate because the oars are quite long and they will tangle with each other," Trammell Hudson stressed.
From Barron's ● Aug. 18, 2026
More than a hundred firefighters fought to tackle the flames as they spread across roads and destroyed and damaged homes, forcing residents to evacuate.
From BBC ● Aug. 14, 2026
Five hundred acres of soybeans will be saved, but opportunities for Nodaway citizens to have a career and make a good life in northwest Missouri will be lost.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 14, 2026
You can hear the effect of having played a few hundred gigs.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 14, 2026
He could shuck very nearly a hundred bushel a day.
From "The Teacher’s Funeral" by Richard Peck
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A community leader in Ceuta, Sabah Hamad, has been collecting donations to feed hundreds of migrants a day.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 19, 2026
But associations representing hundreds of residents oppose the change over potential disruption and increased noise affecting those living nearby.
From BBC ● Aug. 18, 2026
At first, Irma and her sister Connie were hesitant; after receiving hundreds of pitches to tribute their brother, which never amounted to anything, they wanted to make sure Flores was the real deal.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 18, 2026
The only real crowds are to be found in the daytime -- at banks, cheap bakeries and outside the Spanish consulate, where hundreds clutch papers and wait to get off the island.
From Barron's ● Aug. 18, 2026
There had to be hundreds of people milling about, everyone ignoring me, slipping past me like I wasn’t even there.
From "Bye Forever, I Guess" by Jodi Meadows
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